The Chapman Family for Dot To Dot

The Chapman Family, and Peggy Sue lead the latest acts announced for the multi-city, multi-venue Dot to Dot festival taking place over the last bank holiday in May.

The triumvirate line-up at Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham is further bolstered by the addition of Stockton-on-Tees post-punk four-piece The Chapman Family, as well as Peggy Sue, Villagers (Nottingham/Bristol), Fenech Soler (Bristol/Manchester), Silver Columns, Team Ghost, O'Children, Wax Fang, Lissie, Yuck, Leah Mason, and The Crookes.

Dot To Dot festival organiser Anton Lockwood (of DHP Group) said today, "A big part of dot to dot is new music. So we are very excited to add to the dot to dot bill some of the best new talent in music from all around the world. You might not have heard these names now, but by this time next year some of these people will be household names!"

The previously confirmed acts include Mystery Jets, Ellie Goulding (Bristol/Nottingham), Los Campesinos!, Zane Lowe, Liars, Field Music (Bristol/Manchester), Wild Beasts, Beach House (Nottingham/Manchester), Twisted Wheel, Blood Red Shoes, Lights, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Washed Out, Rox, Egyptian Hip Hop, Jakwob, Chapel Club, Daisy Dares You, Johnny Foreigner, Dead Confederate, Lonelady, Doorly, and Dan Sartain.

The Dot To Dot Festival will take place from Saturday 29th May until Monday 31st May in various venues. Bristol hosts the event on the Saturday, with a similar event the day after in Nottingham, and the Monday night is the turn of Manchester to play host.

Tickets are £25 for each city. To buy tickets, click here.

NOTE: over-18s only.

For more information on the existing events, click here for the Bristol event, and here for the Nottingham event.

eFestivals will have an interview with Anton Lockwood, Dot to Dot Event Director, online on Monday.

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